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Drone's Eye View: The 5 Best Aerial Shots Of Wildlife

Using high-tech drones to protect wildlife from poaching is gaining popularity -- and may provide the solution to some of conservation's biggest problems. Just this week, Kenya announced that it would deploy drones to monitor its 52 national parks and reserves, after an outstanding pilot program that reduced poaching by 96 percent in a park.

There are tons of incredible photographs and footage of wildlife taken from the air -- here are the best ones:

5. An incredible, massive dolphin pod was captured by a drone operated by the captain of a whale watching boat in California. The migrating pod was even joined by visitors -- a couple of passing whales.